2017 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame by Sports Video Group

Class of 2017

Chris Berman

Stan Honey

Brent

Bill Raftery

Linda

Musburger

Rheinstein

Allan “Bud” Selig

Jack Simmons

Lesley Visser

John A. Walsh

Michael Weisman

INDUCTION CEREMONY

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ob Ley is ESPN’s longest-serving commentator, having joined the network as a SportsCenter anchor on its third day of operation (Sept. 9, 1979). Ley spearheads ESPN’s aggressive coverage of breaking news and issues, primarily as host of Outside the Lines since its inception in May 1990 and also as a host of the weekly E:60 on Sunday mornings. The award-winning Outside the Lines, which focuses on issues beyond the playing field, has evolved from periodic specials to a Monday-Friday series and has captured 11 Sports Emmy Awards and three CableACE Awards as cable’s top Sports Information Series. Ley and Outside the Lines have received the most coveted prizes in TV journalism, including a duPont Award, Peabody Award, and multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards. Throughout his ESPN career, Ley has been equally comfortable leaving the studio to cover a variety of events onsite as a host or handling play-by-play. A passionate life-long soccer fan, he hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup from Brazil and the 2011 Women’s World Cup from Germany and served as lead commentator for World Cup ’98 and host of ESPN’s onsite studio coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He received the Honorary AllAmerica Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for his contributions to the sport in January 1999. In May 2015, Ley was lauded for his hosting of ESPN’s coverage following the indictments of several senior FIFA officials and the subsequent presidential election for soccer’s global governing body. Throughout his tenure, he has been identified with ESPN’s coverage of major stories, breaking news, and cases where sports-related events land on the front page: from Magic Johnson’s AIDS announcement to Pete Rose’s suspension by MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti. Viewers have benefited from Ley’s smooth, steady delivery and keen ability to find the right phrase to put issues into perspective, whether onsite in San Francisco, providing the first live national reports on the 1989 World Series earthquake (ESPN’s production facilities were not dependent on local electrical power), or in the studio, anchoring ESPN’s first post-attack programming on 9/11 (after simulcasting ABC News coverage throughout the day). He has also lent his expertise in providing ESPN interviews with four U.S. Presidents (Ford, Clinton, G.H.W. Bush aboard Air Force One, and G.W. Bush). Ley has also hosted ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage (1980-89) and the NCAA basketball-tournament studio show (1980-89), which perfected the “whiparound” format that helped raise the tournament to its current status. And he has covered several NCAA basketball Final Fours, hosted live special events for ESPN, and done play-by-play commentary for college basketball, boxing, soccer, and CBA basketball.

HALL OF FAME ENTERS SECOND DECADE

ood Evening and Welcome to the 2017 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Ceremony Tonight’s event marks the beginning of our second decade in existence, and tonight’s class is proof positive that the second decade is shaping up to be as exciting as the first. Each of tonight’s honorees helped shape the way sports content is produced and created. Many of them were mentored by other Hall of Famers, taking the lessons they learned and moving the industry in new directions. And they continue to impact sports fans around the world on a daily basis. And, once again, everyone in the room tonight is doing their part, with 100% of all ticket sales donated to the Sports Broadcasting Fund. That means that more than $150,000 will be made available to those in our industry who find themselves in need due to illness, surgery, death, or disaster. This past year has been a busy one for the Sports Broadcasting Fund. We came to the aid of nearly a dozen industry professionals whose homes were destroyed during Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Thanks to the assistance of Larry Meyer of LDM Worldwide and Patricia Hrabina at Fox Sports, we were able to provide assistance in paying housing and automobile costs and living expenses in the days and weeks after the storm. We met our own goal of distributing funds ahead of the insurance companies, as our commitment is to be the ultimate first responder. In an exciting development this year, the Sports Broadcasting Fund launched a European division to meet the needs of Europeans who find themselves in need. As everyone in this room knows, our industry has become increasingly globalized, bringing us closer together and forging professional and personal bonds that extend around the world. The Sports Broadcasting Fund is possible only with financial support from you and the company you work for. Although tonight’s event goes a long way toward helping those in our industry, our goal this year is to raise additional funds in the weeks and months following the Hall of Fame. As you settle down to finalize your 2017 giving plans, please be sure to include the Sports Broadcasting Fund. Your donations are fully tax-deductible, but, more important, 90¢ of every dollar will go directly to those in need. That is a level of support that most charities rarely hit, and it is thanks to the support of the Sports Video Group and dozens of others who volunteer their time to approve applications and distribute funds. Thank you again for joining us, and congratulations to the Hall of Fame’s 10 newest inductees. Happy Holidays,

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CHRIS BERMAN A Booming Presence at ESPN

ime flies when you’re having fun. On Oct. 1, 1979, at age 24, Chris Berman began hosting the 2:30 a.m. edition of SportsCenter on a brand-new cable network based in Bristol, CT. In 2016, he completed his 31st year as host of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown and his 38th year at the sports channel now owned by The Walt Disney Co. From the beginning, he played a large part in creating ESPN’s tone. “People made a connection with Boomer,” says Norby Williamson, EVP, production, ESPN, referring to Berman by his nickname. “He, more than anyone who works here, is ESPN. He put ESPN on the map, and, through the decades, became synonymous with what we are and who we are.” Berman’s wordplay with players’ names (like Bert “Be Home” Blyleven), and his “back-back-back-back-back” home-run calls brought humor to ESPN and sports, which was played pretty straight at that point. He pulled off the balancing act between solid information and silly schtick delivered with a mock-urgent style. He also knows sports. Berman has been named National Sportscaster of the Year six times. He and shows he has been associated with have won 10 Emmy Awards. He has covered 35 Super Bowls. His Sunday NFL Countdown show with former Denver Bronco Tom Jackson ran for an astonishing 31 years until last year. “It was natural for Boom to be the face of the network because his persona is bigger than life,” Jackson says before ticking off Berman’s qualities: “His passion for the game. His hard work. His ability to look beyond the scenes to find out what’s really happening. And his style, which is unique. And the way he elevated highlights.” Says ESPN President John Skipper, “Chris is one of a kind, a singular talent who helped make ESPN a destination for sports fans. He wrote the book on how to deliver highlights; there’s nobody who’s ever been better. Whether he was hosting a studio show or calling a game,

he brought joy to generations of fans because he made sports what it should be: fun. His place on our Mount Rushmore is assured.” He still has a featured role with ESPN’s NFL coverage, including his “Boomer’s Vault” feature, and continues with play-by-play duties during the MLB Postseason on ESPN radio. But he’ll admit he doesn’t get around quite as much anymore. “I miss the people,” he says. “I miss the action. But I don’t miss the grind —although I enjoyed the grind.” Watching games on television — as he did with the World Series — is a leisurely departure from the past. “You watch the game, see the post[game] interviews, go get your toothbrush, and go to bed. You’re not looking for somewhere to get a hamburger at 2:00 in the morning,” he points out. “I’m okay with that.” Berman had been working as a weekend sportscaster at WVIT in nearby Hartford, when he interviewed for the job at ESPN. He was amazed. He was offered a 30-minute nightly television show seen around the country. “Sports anchors at TV stations wouldn’t get 30 minutes a week!” he exclaims. What a deal. The only question was whether anybody would be watching. The punning around, he admits, was lingering adolescent silliness combined with a late-night/early-morning timeslot that seemed to encourage a little looseness. “I can tell you what the first one or two were: either Frank Tanana Daiquiri or John Mayberry RFD. People said, What the …?” The Berman you see on TV is pretty much the Berman you’d meet off the air. That’s his mark. “It’s still what I tell young people who want to start in the business,” he says. “Do it like you’re talking to yourself. I don’t mean really talking to yourself but what you would like to hear. It really is as simple as that: you and me and the fellas and the ladies in the bar. Just be natural.” — P.J. Bednarski

Class of 2017

Rheinstein

Allan “Bud” Selig

Jack Simmons

Lesley Visser

John A. Walsh

Michael Weisman

INDUCTION CEREMONY

December 12, 2017

The New York Hilton Hotel, Trianon Ballroom

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STAN HONEY

Master Innovator, Navigator, Collaborator

he 1st & Ten line. K-Zone and pitch-tracking. Car-tracking pointer graphics on NASCAR. LiveLine course markers on the America’s Cup. Anything dubbed “augmented reality” on sports TV. Fans have come to expect such elements in live sports telecasts, but none of them would exist were it not for Stan Honey. The master innovator and co-founder of Sportvision has changed the way fans watch sports, creating augmentedreality tools that illuminate hard-to-see moments and allow the production team to better tell the story of the action. “Stan Honey’s influence and legacy in the sportsbroadcasting industry is absolutely immense,” says Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer and Fox Sports founding president David Hill. “What Stan has done — from the glowing puck to the 1st & 10 line to tracking [stock cars] in a three-dimensional space — has totally changed the viewer experience.” The son and godson of navigators, Honey grew up in San Marino sailing dinghies and showed an early passion for engineering by constructing ham radios. After graduating from Yale, he worked as a research engineer and continued to sail and navigate professionally, including for entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell’s maxi yacht. With Bushnell’s backing, Honey founded Etak, which would pioneer the first car-navigation system using mapmatching technology (a GPS precursor still used today). In 1989, Honey sold Etak to Rupert Murdoch and ran it under News Corp. ownership, becoming EVP of technology for News Corp. when Etak was sold to Sony in 1996. In 1994, Fox Sports had acquired the rights to the NHL and was looking for production elements that could attract new viewers. Hill proposed virtually inserting a glowing light over the puck and a trail behind it, and Honey went to work. In 1996, Fox debuted the FoxTrax glowing puck to much fanfare at the NHL All-Star Game. “Stan was the Neil Armstrong of Fox Sports: he made us believe that getting to the moon would be hard but absolutely possible,” says Fox Sports President/COO/ Executive Producer Eric Shanks. “What Stan was doing is known as augmented reality; we just didn’t have a name for it in those formative years.”

Says Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Ed Goren, who was president in Fox Sports’ early years, “Stan Honey was, and is, a true genius. The technology that he developed for the glowing puck became the foundation for all [virtual-graphics] technology on television.” In 1998, Honey teamed with Fox Sports/News Corp. execs Jerry Gepner and Bill Squadron to launch Sportvision, and ESPN and Sportvision introduced the 1st & Ten line on NFL preseason coverage, marking one of the most significant sports-television innovations ever. “Pioneer is an overused word; so is genius,” says Jed Drake, then SVP/executive producer, ESPN. “But neither is overused in Stan’s case.” Following the success of the 1st & Ten Line, Sportvision continued to innovate, developing PITCHf/x virtual strike-zone graphic for ESPN’s MLB coverage, RACEf/x for NASCAR, GOLFf/x for golf coverage, and many more. In 2004, Honey departed Sportvision to navigate a yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race. “I had expected to get back in technology after that, but I kept getting great opportunities in sailing.” In 2010, Oracle Team USA owner Larry Ellison asked Honey to bring augmented-reality tech to sailing. The result was AC LiveLine, which overlays geo-positioned lines and data streams on live race-course video. It won an Emmy for its use on the 2013 America’s Cup and was used again for the 2017 edition. “Stan looked to provide innovative graphics solutions to enhance viewer understanding and enjoyment of sports coverage,” says Denis Harvey, who executive-produced both Americas Cups. “AC LiveLine transformed TV coverage of the America’s Cup, making it understandable and adding a new level of information.” Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer and frequent collaborator Geoffrey Mason, says, “I think Stan embodies the ultimate marriage between technical innovation and content awareness. He also has no ego whatsoever. You would not expect the smartest guy in the room to have the smallest ego and to be able to collaborate so successfully with the giants in our industry.” — Jason Dachman

LEGENDS OF SPORTS MEDIA CHRIS BERMAN BRENT MUSBURGER JOHN A. WALSH ESPN celebrates all of tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inductees, including these three industry giants, each of whom had a dramatic impact on generations of sports fans.

BRENT MUSBURGER

An Iconic Voice Always Up to the Big Moment

here’s the Doug Flutie Hail Mary. The “Holy Buckeye” Game. Edgar Martinez’s ALDSwinning double. Villanova’s Cinderella championship. Nebraska’s “Flea Kicker.” Garfield Heard at the buzzer. Ricky Williams breaking the NCAA rushing record. The legendary career of sports broadcaster Brent Musburger is bursting at the seams with unforgettable moments, and yet, the memorable thing about Musburger is that he made any game he called feel like a big moment, thanks simply to his voice. It was that gravitas that carried Musburger to a marathon, 40-plus-year career with CBS Sports, ABC Sports, and ESPN and cemented his as one of the most iconic voices in the history of sports television. “Brent’s presence and delivery have come to symbolize big-time sports for multiple generations of fans,” ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement at the time of Musberger’s retirement early this year. “When he opens with his signature ‘You are looking live,’ you sit up straight in your chair because you know something important is about to happen. He has skillfully guided us through some of the most dramatic and memorable moments in sports with his authentic and distinctive style. He is one of the best storytellers to ever grace a sports booth.” After an early career in sports writing, the Portland, OR, native began his relationship with CBS Sports in 1973. After calling play-by-play on numerous events, including the NFL, Musburger experienced his breakout role as host of The NFL Today beginning in 1975. The show blazed trails as the first live pregame show and catapulted him to national prominence. Over the next decade, he became the top voice at CBS, calling major events across the board, including the NBA Finals, US Open tennis, the Belmont Stakes, and The Masters. Following a dismissal under new management at CBS

Sports in 1990, Musburger quickly made the shift to ABC Sports, where he further bolstered his legacy. When ABC Sports merged with ESPN, the opportunities became plentiful, giving him the opportunity to call events like Major League Baseball, the NBA, the Indianapolis 500, and the Little League World Series. He also stayed sharp as a studio host, anchoring ABC’s coverage of the Tour de France and the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. It was also with ABC and ESPN that Musburger deepened his love affair with a sport he would become largely synonymous with: college football. He became the lead play-by-play voice on ABC’s Saturday-night game of the week and racked up seven BCS National Championship Games. “Brent is a legend,” says Stephanie Druly, SVP, event and studio production, ESPN. “He is one of the best playby-play announcers ever. Every game he did felt big. During a game, Brent is a true storyteller. He helps the viewer connect to the people in the game. He gives you a reason beyond team allegiance to be interested in the event. I knew, when I watched one of Brent’s games, that I would learn something. That’s the one thing I hope that young broadcasters take away from Brent’s career.” Musburger put an exclamation point on his career by helping christen the new, wildly successful SEC Network when he took over as lead play-by-play voice for football and basketball in 2014. He called his final game early in 2017 after announcing his retirement. He left a legendary voice behind, moving to Las Vegas to be the face of the Vegas Sports and Information Network. “Nothing in the world replaces the friendships I’ve made,” Musburger says. “And that includes the fans. I mean, I’m never alone. Wherever I go, someone’s going to come up. Someone’s going to come up and ask about a team. Or a game. Or an experience. I’ve got millions of friends out there.” — Brandon Costa

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BILL RAFTERY

The Coach Who Became a Cross-Generational Legend Behind the Mic

hen you think of the greatest moments in college-basketball history, where does your mind go? Straight to March, right? How about a bitterly cold January night in Western Pennsylvania in 1988? In the first half of an early-season Big East conference game between Providence and Pitt, senior forward Jerome Lane threw down a thunderous one-handed dunk, shattering the backboard. Bill Raftery happened to be sitting courtside with a headset on. Without Raftery, that moment is likely nothing more than a YouTube clip oozing with ’80s nostalgia: a fun throwback to a long-past, “rock ‘em sock ‘em” era, when games were played in field houses and civic centers, not sparkling arenas with massive videoboards. Instead, it became one of the most iconic moments in the history of the sport when Raftery bellowed, “Send it in, Jerome!” “It just popped out,” he says of the line that he still hears from fans — some of whom probably hadn’t even been born in 1988. “There was no preconceived notion for it. I’m sure, somewhere along the line, I’d heard people say it.” The moment is the signature call of a career loaded with catch phrases (“Onions!” “With a kiss!”) but is known and loved mostly for its enthusiasm and sheer love of the game. “Few in this industry are recognized as being at the top of their game, as well as being universally respected and liked by colleagues, coaches, players, and fans,” says CBS Sports Chairman and Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Sean McManus.“Bill Raftery’s career has been recognized for all of these and is most deserving to take his rightful place in the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.” Born to Irish immigrant parents in 1943, Raftery continues to find success behind the mic even as he approaches his mid 70s. For more than three decades, he has called games for CBS Sports, ESPN, and Fox, becoming an icon in the sport of college basketball.

Raftery coached in the 1960s and ’70s before switching over to the television side in the early ’80s. However, it was a meeting with legendary sportscaster Bob Wolff when he was a college senior that laid the groundwork for his future broadcasting career. Raftery recalls Wolff saying to him: “Someday, when you’re finished doing whatever you are going to do, you ought to try my profession.” “It always stuck in my head,” Raftery says. “It was just one of those things in the back of my head, and I said, ‘This will keep me in the game that I enjoy.’” Keep him in the game it has. Raftery has called NCAA Tournament games for 35 straight years, and his storied résumé includes classics like the 2006 Regional Final, when Cinderella George Mason upended Connecticut to earn a Final Four bid, and the memorable 2009 Big East tournament game between Syracuse and UConn that went six overtimes. “Raf ’s excitement for the game of basketball is infectious,” says CBS Corp. Chairman/CEO Leslie Moonves. “His career has proven that he truly is one of the most original and beloved broadcasters — and people — in all of sports.” Throughout his career, Raftery has worked alongside play-by-play men like Sean McDonough, Gus Johnson, and Mike Gorman, in addition to a long run calling March Madness with fellow Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Verne Lundquist. In 2016, Raftery’s long career received a dramatic exclamation point, when the veteran broadcaster was tapped to call his first Final Four for television at the age of 73, working alongside Grant Hill and veteran play-byplay announcer Jim Nantz. “He is beloved,” says Nantz. “When you listen to him on the air, you can hear his smile. All the rest of the world has gotten a little bit older, but Raftery is this timeless guy who continues to see things very quickly, very crisp in his commentary, dropping in a quip here and there. I just laugh.” — Brandon Costa

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LINDA RHEINSTEIN An Innovator Ahead of Her Time

ports Broadcasting Hall of Famers are often industry disruptors, but rarely has there been as unique a disruptive force as Linda Rheinstein. The graphics pioneer has consistently pushed the envelope in every facet of her life and adhered to a personal philosophy to not wait around for someone to do what she can do herself. Throughout her career, Rheinstein has founded no fewer than five companies, beginning with Autographics in 1979, and played a pivotal role in creating the on-air graphic look for the young Fox Sports. Today, she is spearheading her latest venture, Space Games Federation, which aims to create original games and sports that can be played in zero gravity. “Linda Rheinstein, what can I say,” says Sports Broadcasting of Famer and founding Fox Sports President David Hill. “When we started Fox Sports in ’94, in the early days, I was introduced to Linda, and it was clear then that Linda is 20 years ahead of the rest of us.” Rheinstein attributes her entry into the broadcasttechnology business to her father, NBC News director Frederic Rheinstein. After working alongside him on CBS’s production of Acapulco Aquacade, Rheinstein, at age 17, joined Videotape Enterprises as a Datavision operator. Not long after, she decided to take a gamble by purchasing a new piece of technology called a Chyron and began renting both her Chyron and new skills to broadcasters who either didn’t know how or didn’t want to operate the machine themselves. She named the company Autographics. In addition to Autographics, she worked at The Post Group as executive producer from 1985 to 1993. In 1986, Autographics and The Post Group teamed up to found Electric Paint, thrusting Rheinstein into the world of interactive multimedia development and production. She would later transform Autographics into On Air On Line, and focus the company on integrating traditional on-air broadcasting with the emerging online ecosystem. By the time the Fox Sports concept came across her radar in the early 1990s, Rheinstein found herself plenty busy with a wide variety of projects. In fact, when Post Group colleague Marc Yobs suggested pursuing the proposed network,

Rheinstein passed. Shortly thereafter, Yobs was killed in the Northridge Earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994. “I had no idea how to honor him. He was only 32 years old,” she recalls.“I called [Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer and former Fox Sports President] Ed Goren — who I had worked with for many years in the control room at CBS Sports as a graphics operator — and said, Ed, I’ve come up with something for Fox Sports, and I would love to present to you in honor of my friend.” At the time, Fox Sports had no graphics department and was relying on pitches from outside companies. Rheinstein, facing heavy competition, won over Hill and Goren with a simple idea she called “the bar test”: “When you walk into the bar, you better be able to read the graphics.” They were sold. “I had known Linda for many years from my CBS days,” says Goren.“She, back before there was a Fox Sports, realized the importance and the opportunity to upgrade graphics for sports. She was way ahead of her time.” Rheinstein continued to work with Fox Sports through On Air On Line, playing a pivotal role in the introduction of the constant scorebug and helping lay out the plans for foxsports.com well before the heyday of the internet. “Linda brought to life David Hill’s ongoing mantra of Fox Sports’ having a UVD: a unique visual difference,” says Eric Shanks, president/COO/executive producer, Fox Sports. “Linda’s work and David’s vision led to the first time on-air graphics were considered a character in the play; they were no longer there just to convey information.” Rheinstein has proved to be just as big a disruptive force outside sports broadcasting. In 2007, she founded the iDoggieBag Foundation to bring FDA regulation to the petfood industry; proceeds also support the cure for cancer. Her current passion is Space Games Federation and what she calls the “STEAM” Movement, for science, technology, engineering, athletics, and mathematics. “If I accept the fact that Linda Rheinstein is 20 years ahead of the rest of us and the way she sees the world is actually going to work, we can expect to see cats playing football in space in 20 years,” says Hill.“If you want to lay a bet in Vegas, bet the fact that Linda’s right.” — Karen Hogan Ketchum

ALLAN “BUD” SELIG Steward of America’s Pastime and Unlikely Digital Pioneer

he irony is inescapable. The sport that is often scorned as too old-fashioned for modern times was the one that began streaming all its games way back in 2003. Streaming was so new that YouTube’s first video was still two years away. And Bud Selig, the Major League Baseball commissioner who pushed MLB’s digital strategy, is a guy who’s about as comfortable around a laptop as an American League pitcher forced into the batter’s box. “Commissioner Selig has a great sense of humor,” quips his successor, Rob Manfred. “The fact he made a set of decisions that pushed baseball into the digital age and to the forefront of digital in sports was a source of great amusement to him — given that he didn’t use any of it.” (Indeed, Manfred discloses that, in 2015, soon after he took over the job, he sent the first text Selig said he had ever received.) Major League Baseball’s digital prowess may be a source of amusement, but, today, it’s mostly a source of enormous financial gain for MLB. The genesis of MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) dates to 2000 and what would become an $80 million investment paid by MLB franchises over time. Today, MLBAM and the newer BAMTech are each worth billions. The MLB game streams and other offerings, such as the MLB At Bat app, have as many 3.5 million subscribers. Did Selig know how big this would become? “Honesty impels me to tell you we had no idea,” he says, also crediting BAM’s recently departed top executive, Bob Bowman. In real ways, baseball’s on-field changes, such as the replay challenge inaugurated under Selig, are evidence of media’s influence. The replay challenge makes video a part of the story, not only at stadiums but also in living rooms and on mobile devices. The playoff system, the

wild card, and splitting the leagues into three divisions ended up creating a new batch of contenders and, arguably, some of the postseason’s most riveting and highly viewed games. “One thing that Mr. Selig understood was how to balance the people who are interested in the history and tradition of the game with the need for the game to evolve and change,” Manfred says. “I think replay is a great example. It got to the point that fans and viewers at home were ready for the change.” MLBAM’s massive technological infrastructure advantage caught the eye of content creators outside the baseball world, including HBO, ESPN, Turner Broadcasting, and WWE. MLBAM partnered with the NHL in 2015 to run its digital and streaming operations. And, over the past two years, The Walt Disney Co., in separate transactions, agreed to buy a 75% interest in spinoff BAMTech for a reported total of $2.5 billion. Having owned the Milwaukee Brewers prior to becoming commissioner, from 1992 to 2014, Selig had experience with the sports-media world long before cable’s sports explosion and the internet. “In 1970,” he recalls, “you had a simple little local contract, and I mean simple and I mean little. The national contracts were very small.” He then repeats a figure he likes to throw out there: “When I took over in 1992, our gross revenue was a billion two. When I left, it was about $11 billion.” It’s more than the money. What makes Selig special is that he’s a media mogul who is, first and foremost, a baseball man. He made that point with his induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame in July: “I loved the baseball life. I loved living and dying with each game. I loved watching players come in as nervous rookies and grow and mature, to become winners in all sorts of ways.” — P.J. Bednarski

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JACK SIMMONS

The Linchpin of Fox Sports’ Success

pper management, production, remote operations, studio operations, on-air operations, accounting, purchasing, and even the mailroom — Jack Simmons has done it all in nearly five decades at Fox Sports and NBC Sports, while being one of the most well-liked and -respected individuals in the business. And, during 20-plus years as SVP of production operations, he became the axis on which Fox Sports turned. “To me, Jack has always been the center of Fox Sports,” says Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer and founding Fox Sports President David Hill. “He pulled together the elements of production, programming, promos, commercials, and made sure it went where it had to go.” A veteran of eight Super Bowls, 19 World Series, 13 Daytona 500s, three Summer Olympics (home-base master control), five Stanley Cup Finals, three BCS Championships, two French Opens, and three Heavyweight Championship Fights, the 25-time Emmy Award winner has seen it all in his storied career. Brooklyn born, Simmons split his childhood between Valley Stream, NY, and Breezy Point in the Rockaways. After attending Becker College in Leicester, MA, for a year, he fell in love with 30 Rock during a tour in January 1970, applied for a job, and began work in the NBC mailroom. In 1978, Simmons got his first big break in sports, landing a job as a scorer on the weekends for NBC’s NFL 78 studio show and then as Bryant Gumbel’s talent assistant on NFL 79. He became an NYC unit manager for NBC’s 1980 Moscow Olympics coverage and, by the end of 1980, was a full-time unit manager for Sportsworld, overseeing primarily boxing productions. He was named manager of advanced planning for NBC Sports in 1987. “Jack brought a natural approach or a ‘Breezy Point’ style to Sports Broadcast Operations,” says Ken Goss, SVP, remote operations and production planning, NBC, who worked with Simmons as a fellow unit manager. “Jack’s ease with people enabled him to get the job done in a high-pressure atmosphere.” In 1990, Simmons accepted a job as NBC Sports’ manager of West Coast Operations and ran a one-man show out of the West Coast office.

When newcomer Fox outbid CBS for the NFL rights package in 1993, Hill offered Simmons a job as director of production with the fledgling Fox Sports, and he jumped at the opportunity. He and the rest of the newly hired team were tasked with building an entire sports franchise. Says Ed Goren, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer and former president of Fox Sports, “I don’t think there’s anyone, [including Hill and me], who had a greater passion for Fox Sports than Jack Simmons. Without him [in ’94], considering the volume of games [on an NFL weekend], things could have very easily fallen through the cracks.” Over the next two decades, Simmons was a staple of Fox’s NFL Sundays, not only overseeing game-day operations at Fox Sports’ broadcast center but also serving as one of its biggest cheerleaders. “His passion for what we were doing on the weekends with live events was second to none,” says Jacob Ullman, SVP, production and talent development, ‎Fox Sports. “Jack made Fox Sports a better place to work.” Simmons also built a strong relationship with the ad-sales team, developing many ad-placement strategies that have become commonplace but were groundbreaking at the time. “From day one, Jack created an atmosphere of innovation and experimentation within production and operations,” notes Fox Sports President/COO/Executive Producer Eric Shanks. “We were trying a lot of new things with advertising, and Jack brought it all to life.” Of all Simmons’s accomplishments at Fox, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as liaison for Fox Sports’ military initiatives. Since retiring last year, Simmons has continued his work with the military, serving as an Army Reserve Ambassador for the 63rd Readiness Division and spearheading Sports Video Group’s VIP (Veterans in Production) initiative. “[Jack’s] work mentoring the next generation of talent in our industry is one of his biggest accomplishments,” says AT&T Entertainment Group SVP, Content Operations, John Ward, who worked for Simmons at Fox Sports for a decade. “Simply put, he left it better than he found it.” — Jason Dachman

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LESLEY VISSER Sportscasting Trailblazer

ith so many “firsts” attributed to Lesley Visser throughout her storied career in sports broadcasting, it’s fair to say that she didn’t just blaze the trail for female sportscasters: she created it. When Visser was growing up in the 1960s, she says, “women were only three things: they were teachers, nurses, or homemakers. So, when I said I wanted to be a sportswriter, it was like saying, I want to go to the moon.” But Visser, through a combination of talent, perseverance, and a great deal of humor, accomplished her goal of becoming a sportswriter. Indeed, she would go on to become the most highly acclaimed female sportscaster of all time, and the first sportscaster — male or female — to work on the network broadcasts of the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Triple Crown, Olympic Games, U.S. Open golf, and World Figure Skating Championship. “To be the first in anything is an accomplishment,” says CBS Sports Chairman and fellow Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Sean McManus. “Lesley’s career has been full of firsts as a pioneer in sports broadcasting. Her induction into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame is a testament to a career of being that pioneer for both women and men in sports broadcasting.” Born in 1953 in Quincy, MA, Visser moved frequently throughout her childhood but never lost her passion for Boston sports. That love for her hometown teams carried her through multiple moves and helped her realize what she wanted to be when she grew up. Although there were no female sportscasters at the time, Visser’s mother was incredibly supportive of her precocious daughter’s dream. “She said to me, ‘Sometimes, you have to cross when it says, Don’t walk.’ It was liberating,” Visser recalls. “It was permission for me to pursue a dream.” Visser attended Boston College, where she wrote for the sports staff of the school’s paper. Her big break into the industry would come in 1974, when she applied for — and won — a Carnegie Foundation grant, which was established to assist women interested in pursuing

careers in male-dominated fields. As a result, she joined the sports staff of the Boston Globe, where she would work for the next 14 years. Her career at the Boston Globe took off when she was assigned to cover the New England Patriots, becoming the first-ever female beat reporter for an NFL franchise. Although the job came with a fair share of challenges, Visser approached each crude comment she received with a witty retort and, to prove her critics wrong, diligently studied the sport of football. “I tried to understand that it was new for [the players], too: a woman covering football,” says Visser. “The Boston Globe gave me great support.” In 1983, after more than a decade writing for the Boston Globe, Visser began to split her time with CBS Sports. And although sportswriting would always be her first love, she transitioned to television full-time in 1987. During her first stint at CBS Sports, which would last until the network lost its NFL rights following the 1993 season, Visser covered a wide variety of sports, including the NBA, MLB, college basketball, and college football. She joined The NFL Today in 1990 and, two years later, became the first — and only — woman to handle the Lombardi Trophy during the Super Bowl presentation. Visser then transitioned to ABC Sports for nearly seven years, where her string of notable “firsts” continued: she became the first woman assigned to Monday Night Football and to report from the sidelines during a Super Bowl. In 2000,Visser returned to CBS Sports and The NFL Today and played an integral role in The Eye’s Super Bowl XXXV, XXXVIII, XLI, and XLIV broadcasts. Beginning in 2004, she teamed up with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, becoming lead reporter on CBS Sports’ No. 1 NFL announce team. “The broadcasting industry is blessed to have a pioneer like Lesley,” says CBS Corp. Chairman/CEO Leslie Moonves. “Through 40 remarkable years of covering sports — including her terrific tenure as an NFL and NBA reporter for CBS — she has blazed a trail for women that will last forever.” — Karen Hogan Ketchum

Michael Weisman We are so proud of you and are thrilled to honor your talent and illustrious career. 24 Emmys and tonight’s honor is one measure of success. However, we have always known there is nothing more important to you than your family. You have been in our Hall of Fame for decades. With heartfelt congratulations.We love you, Carol, Brett, Jed, Greg, Edie,Oscar, and Teddy

CANON CONGRATULATES Chris Berman Stan Honey Brent Musburger Bill Raftery Linda Rheinstein

Bud Selig Jack Simmons Lesley Visser John A. Walsh Michael Weisman

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JOHN A. WALSH Journalist, Storyteller, Innovator

t’s safe to say that there aren’t many parents in Scranton, PA, who make it a habit of taking their son to the World Series. But John Walsh’s father did just that during the 1950s, instilling in his son a lifelong love of big-time sports events (even though he was a Phillies fan) that turned into a love of the sports pages, a love of journalism, and, ultimately, a love of ESPN. But it took Walsh more than two decades to find his calling in TV. “After 22 years in print,” says Walsh, “I found a place for 27 years that was open to something new, that had a creative environment [where it] was easier to get a yes than a no and it was up to us to find the things that would stand out.” Joining ESPN in 1988 at the behest of Steve Bornstein, a fellow Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, Walsh was looking to take his passion for journalism to a new medium. He had worked for more than 30 media companies, including Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and the Washington Post. He was also able to persuade publishing giant Katherine Graham to launch Inside Sports in 1979; the magazine ceased publishing in 1982. Walsh joined ESPN as managing editor of SportsCenter on Jan. 10, 1988. There was much to do, including catching CNN in the ratings.“I wanted a standard of three S’s for the show: smart, smile, and surprise,” he says. The first change? The very nature of highlights shows that tended to go from one sport to the next. “We changed the first segment to be like the front page of a sports section and make it a video version with the top five stories.” And then there was the talent. “The idea was to make SportsCenter the landing place for any fan at the end of the day and a must-view and must-see,” he says. “But we needed to have entertaining people hosting it, and we had to throw pages of stats at viewers to show we really love sports and are passionate.”

Walsh credits much of the successful turnaround at SportsCenter to the combination of Chris Berman and Bob Ley. “Bob knew what he was doing and was serious and insightful while Chris knew how to have fun,” he says. “And the idea was that there wasn’t enough ‘sports smart’ programming. So, the idea was to make SportsCenter the landing place for any fan at the end of the day and a must view and must see. But we need to have entertaining people hosting it and we had to throw pages of stats at viewers to show we really love sports and are passionate.” But Walsh soon found himself surrounded by singular talents like Robin Roberts, Andrea Kramer, Jimmy Roberts, Stuart Scott, Mike Tirico, Rich Eisen, and “some nutcase” from Los Angeles named Keith Olberman. Toss in Dan Patrick, Gary Miller, and Charlie Steiner (who formed a lethal trio with Ley and Roberts), and the personality of SportsCenter came through at home: smart, funny, insightful, and diverse. But Walsh was not done. In the 1990s, he would be critical to the launch of ESPN The Magazine, ESPN2, ESPN Radio, documentary programs like SportsCentury and 30 for 30, the ESPYs, and Page Two on ESPN.com. When discussing those efforts, he speaks most of those around him: John Skipper, Bill Simmons, Mark Shapiro, George Bodenheimer. ESPN Presiden John Skipper notes that Walsh has been a mentor and confidant to hundreds, including himself among that number. “John is among the most influential people in the history of ESPN,” he says. “He brought a newspaperman’s sensibilities to television and helped revolutionize SportsCenter by championing smart content that educates fans.” “The greatest quality of ESPN for my 27 years was collaboration,” says Walsh. “Everyone was always itching to make whatever the product was better day in and day out.” — Ken Kerschbaumer

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Michael Weisman

on being inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Sports Broadcasting has been changed for the better because of your incredible talent and hard work.Â The lives of your friends have been changed for the better because of the incredible person you are.Â

MICHAEL WEISMAN Producer Extraordinaire

here are people who say they want to do it all, and then there are people like Michael Weisman. He has been an executive producer (and more) on everything from major sports events to network late-night entertainment to network daytime TV and even morning and cable news. Bob Costas, whom Weisman placed on the national stage for NBC’s NFL Sunday pregame show, describes him having that great combination of belief in his own abilities and deep respect for the abilities of others. “He revels in your success as well as his own.” A career in TV was not part of the plan when he set off from Bayside, Queens, for the University of North Carolina. But, when his father died of a heart attack at 44, Weisman returned home as a sophomore, completed his studies at Queens College, and subsequently worked as a page at NBC. It was there that his education in TV began, especially when he would watch rehearsals for the Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and see how producer Fred de Cordova went about his business. On his final day as a page, he heeded his mother’s advice to stop by and thank Chet Simmons, who had hired his father as publicist and was now head of NBC Sports. Weisman was set to attend St. John’s University, but, when Simmons asked if he was interested in sports, he said yes and was hired as an assistant producer the following week. A couple of years later, Weisman was promoted to associate producer and then, at age 27, was named producer and would sit alongside the legendary Teddy Nathanson. “In effect, I was the producer of the game and doing Super Bowls and national telecasts as a kid,” he says. “That was tremendous.”

He then worked for another legend: Don Ohlmeyer, who had joined NBC Sports as executive producer to do the Olympics. But, when the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Ohlmeyer moved on, and Weisman, then 32, was named executive producer. Only the third ever to hold that post at NBC Sports, he was also the youngest. Weisman wanted to recapture a bit of the spirit that had existed in the 1970s, when experimentation and trying things out was not only accepted but expected. “We did the first SkyCam,” he recalls, “and we were doing new things all the time because we didn’t want rules when we were doing the game.” After the 1988 Olympics, Weisman went out west to try his hand at CBS Entertainment and late-night TV. The Pat Sajak Show was canceled, and Weisman then produced a show with a new host every two weeks. Comedians Bill Maher and Joy Behar were among those hosts, and a template for shows like Politically Incorrect and The View emerged. Weisman returned to big-time sports production, working for Fox Sports on its MLB coverage. His role there was not full-time and, in 2001, he reached out to Dick Ebersol, a move that led to his working on three Olympics. In 2004, he would help Jane Pauley launch her daily talk show and help Jim Bell transition into the role of producer of the Today show. He would also help get NBC Sunday Night Football off the ground and, more recently, spent a year as executive producer for Morning Joe on MSNBC. Says Weisman, “I always thought I have an ability to work well with others and adapt to the skill set of the people I am working with.” — Ken Kerschbaumer

THE LEGACY CONTINUES

The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame proudly honors those industry leaders who have advanced the creation, production, and distribution of sports content.

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Ted Nathanson ’08

Don Ohlmeyer ’08

George Orgera ’14

Chuck Pagano ’13

Val Pinchbeck ’08

Ron Scalise ’11

Joe Schiavo ’13

Chris Schenkel ’14

Vin Scully ’08

Bob Seiderman ’08

Larry Thorpe ’07

congratulations to the class of 2017

Walsh

Simmons

Weisman

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Robin Roberts ’16

John Roché ’10

Dan Rooney ’16

Pete Rozelle ’07

Ed Sabol ’07

Craig Sager ’16

Chester ‘Chet’ Simmons

Charles A. Steinberg ’08

George Steinbrenner ’10

David Stern ’14

George Wensel ’07

Jack Whitaker ’12

Mickey Wittman ’13

Congratulations to the 11th Annual Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Inductees Chris Berman Stan Honey Brent Musburger Bill Raftery Linda Rheinstein Allan ‘Bud’ Selig Jack Simmons Lesley Visser John A. Walsh Michael Weisman